>Third Arcanum: Fog Castle [Relic Castle] | Action

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[>In a couple of days, you had met up with Ryuzaki and braved the fog-ridden desert that mixed in a fierce Sandstorm to reach Relic Castle. The appearance was quite different from what Ryuzaki had seen last time, but it was all too familiar to you.

It was a gaudy looking European Castle instead of the decrepit Ruins you had heard so much about. It was still sunken in the sand, but the design was irrefutably different. The fog had changed into a crimson haze at this point, and the sky was a mixed spiral of red and black.

It looked like the TV World had come back to haunt him.]

Ryuzaki... This wasn't what it looked like before... right?

[>So you ask, sweating nervously. You hoped there weren't any stud-chasing princesses in there for one part. But you also felt the fragments from the sea of your soul were quite abundant inside the castle.

Thunderclouds boomed in the distance.]

Oh um, that looks bad. Let's go in.

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"Definitely not," he responds, looking to the castle with a leery stare. "Something isn't right here..." Really Ryuzaki, the crimson haze and spiral sky didn't give that away?

As the sound of thunder claps above he finds himself nodding. "Good idea," he decides, not willing to go through the awkwardness of his reactions to electricity. "Better keep our guard up.."

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"Yeah."

[>Both of you hurriedly rush inside the castle, finding broken stone floors instead of sand, and a red carpet leading inwards, distorted by the broken floor. Sometimes there would be loosely swaying chandeliers and some just broken right on the ground. There were windows abundant that showed nothing but the red haze outside.

>You explored the floor with caution when...]

GrrrrROAaargH

!!

[>It seems there were Shadows here, specifically ones that you remembered specialized in Electric attacks. Specifically some-shaped tanks of some sort. Wearing yellow masks, they charged the two!]

Persona!

[>You instinctively call out, reaching out to crush a card, but nothing really happens.]

Oh, uh...

[>It seems they're gathering their energy...]

Isis! Go! Wing Attack!

[>Your Pidgeot lets out such a cry and completely defeats one tank easily. Oh, that wasn't so bad.

>But in response, some of the others fire electricity at Isis! Luckily she is quite swift and moves out of the way.]

Well uh, I guess they're pretty weak, but be careful, Ryuzaki!

[>So you warn your traveling partner who is...]

[used_frustration]

Thankfully Ryuzaki's instincts are a little better off- he might not have a sword, but-

"Tyranno, Cera!" he shouts, tossing two pokeballs forward. "ATTA-"

And quite suddenly he freezes, stunned. His eyes locked on the sparks in the air, unmoving, until...

"Rhyyyyyy!" The Rhyperior apparently knows to fight without command, and slams a rock into another tank. Briefly the sparks vanish, and Ryuzaki seems to blink before shaking himself.

"...ck..." ...Dammit. "Wh- DAMMIT!" Well someone knows what 'happened' at least.

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[>Your partner seems to get a hold of himself. You recall your Pidgeot and decide that having it get hit by a billion volts of electricity probably isn't the best idea.]

Izanagi!

[>Your Bisharp springs forth from his Pokeball, delivering a powerful Night Slash at one of the Tanks, which is absolutely crippled by it. Huh...]

Looks like Dark-type attacks work, let's break through them and lose them at the next floor, Ryuzaki!

[>So you suggest as your Bisharp cuts down Shadow after Shadow]

[used_frustration]

Somehow he manages to snap himself out of ANOTHER stupor-

"Tyranno come back!" he shouts, catching the 'Dark' comment. "Urvogel! Use CRUN-"

WOW RYUZAKI THIS IS REALLY NOT HELPING.

At any rate, the rhyperior seems to grunt something and the archeops that was sent out nods- Crunch it is!

Poor Ryuzaki. All these stupors.

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[>Through a long and arduous fight, you both manage to reach the next floor.]

I think... we lost them...

[>You gasp out, looking around. The interior design hadn't really changed.]

Uh, let's be careful, okay?

i feel mean eheheheheeh

[used_frustration]

Blink.

Blink.

Ryuzaki shakes his head, holding it for a moment. "Y...Yea... Shit..." He groans, moving to catch up to where his travelling partner is. "I need a blindfold or something..."

u_u

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Oh I'll make one for you, hold on I think I have some cloth.

[>You begin to say, before Izanagi lightly chops you on the head]

Hmmm... What do you think's causing this Fog though? It seems pretty supernatural.

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"Don't bother- I think I might still have something in my bag here..." He did have that headband..

"Not a clue about the fog... Kinda reminds me of that mist you see in the Dreamyard though- ever been there?"

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Ohhh, like the Munna? Um... they do... Dream Things, right?

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"Yea, something like that. I think the Musharna can make them actually appear or something..?"

He doesn't really know, just remembers something vague the entralink man went on about really...

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Hmmm...

[>Could it be...? You weren't really sure about how powerful Pokemon really were, but in that sense you could deduce that...]

...I'll have to keep going further!

[>You dash off toward the next floor in a haste. And sure enough, more Shadow block your way. Floating Dice, Dancing Hands, Minotaurs, but in reality they're just...]

Jack Lantern! Izanagi!

[>You send out your Lampent to attack in addition to your Bisharp. They use their anti-psychic moves to clear the Shadows easily]

...Just like I thought.

[used_frustration]

He nods- "Looks like it," he decides in agreement, and holding his hands somewhat out he shifts them into what looks to be a rather impressive set of claws- far cry from turning into a 'dinosaur', but...

He figures it'll help, right?

"So what are these, Musharna images then?" he asks between any shocks, his pokemon continuing the 'final command' of bite.

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Most definitely. Since they're psychic projections, things that work against those seem to clear these out pretty quickly.

[>You notice that Ryuzaki turns his hands into claws and whistle]

Oh, very nice. Can you do that where you're from normally?

[>Izanagi and Jack Lantern continue to push Shadows away in the meanwhile]

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"Something like that- if I was home I'd be able to do a full shift..." And with his eyes closed, he'll just slash at anything not human or actually pokemon around him- "This is probably better though."

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Full shift? Well, anyway let's keep going!

[>Because action is really dumb and this narrator is not feeling really descriptive right now, you both make it to the next floor and you start to sense something.]

Oh. One of them's here.

[>You nod knowingly]

[used_frustration]

"Yea- dinosaur wouldn't really fit though."

He follows of course, and with Yu's words pauses. "Where?" He doesn't want to take a spark risk, sorry-

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[>A Cofagrigus shakes itself out of the sand at Ryuzaki's inquiry, laughing all the while.]

I've been waiting for you, Mot! Izanagi!

[>With one command, your Bisharp weakens the Pokemon with a single slash.]

Don't worry.

It's my friend after all.

[>It seems the coffin Pokemon is trying to restrain Izanagi, but you quickly throw over a Great Ball.

>It shakes once.
>Twice.
>Three times.
>And stops.]

Heh, let's keep going. Another important friend is down there after all.

[>Your eyes seem to look down toward the deepest depths of this castle.]